Seek by iNaturalist
iNaturalist Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Seek by iNaturalist is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by iNaturalist. Rated 4.8/5 from 30,908 ratings. Requires iOS 15.1.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 30.9K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 218 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 30
- 2026 · v2.18.2
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About Seek by iNaturalist
Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. Earn badges for seeing different types of plants, birds, fungi and more! • Get outside and point the Seek Camera at living things • Identify wildlife, plants, and fungi and learn about the organisms all around you • Earn badges for observing different types of species and participating in challenges OPEN THE CAMERA AND START SEEKING! Found a mushroom, flower, or bug, and not sure what it is? Open up the Seek Camera to see if it knows! Drawing from millions of wildlife observations on iNaturalist, Seek shows you lists of commonly recorded insects, birds, plants, amphibians, and more in your area. Scan the environment with the Seek Camera to identify organisms using the tree of life. Add different species to your observations and learn all about them in the process! The more observations you make, the more badges you’ll earn! This is a great app for families who want to spend more time exploring nature together, and for anyone who wants to learn more about the life all around them. KID-SAFE Seek does not require registration and does not collect any user data by default. Some user data will be collected if you choose to sign in with an iNaturalist account, but you must be over 13 or have your parents permission to do so. Seek will ask permission to turn on location services, but your location is obscured to respect your privacy while still allowing species suggestions from your general area. Your precise location is never stored in the app or sent to iNaturalist unless you sign in to your iNaturalist account and submit your observations. Our image recognition technology is based on observations submitted to iNaturalist.org and partner sites, and identified by the iNaturalist community. Seek is part of iNaturalist, a not-for-profit organization. Seek was made by the iNaturalist team with support from the California Academy of Sciences, the National Geographic Society, Our Planet on Netflix, WWF, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, and Visipedia.
Ratings & reviews
4.8
30.9K ratings
What’s new
Version 2.18.2 · Updated September 30, 2026
Minor updates and bug fixes
App privacy
The developer, iNaturalist, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location
- User Content: Photos or Videos
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
Used for: App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seek by iNaturalist | 4.8 / 5 (30,908 ratings) | Free | September 30, 2026 |
| eBird | 3.8 / 5 (819) | Free | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Audubon Bird Guide | 4.3 / 5 (4,522) | Free | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Picture Insect: Bug Identifier | 4.6 / 5 (44,566) | Free | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Plant Identifier: Plantiary | 4.7 / 5 (28,277) | Free | Aug 5, 2026 |
| PlantSnap - Plant Scanner | 4.6 / 5 (68,258) | Free | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab | 4.9 / 5 (113,247) | Free | Sep 28, 2026 |